Window-shade fixture.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed May 22, 1905. Serial No. 261.592.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE OANDIE VERGA- son, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Binghamton, in the'county of Broome and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved l/Vindow-Shade Fixture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to window-shade fixtures; and it consists in the details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a window-shade fixture of an embodiment to overcome numerous disadvantages and objections attending the use of many other structures hitherto devised for similar purposes.

A further object is to provide a device of this kind which is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, besides being thoroughly effective and reliable in use and capable of ready application and removal when desired.

A further object is to provide a windowshade fixture which is adaptable to windowframes of varying widths without marring or mutilating the exposed faces thereof, besides being strong and durable, light in weight, and possessing the capacity for long and continued service.

A still further object is to provide adevice of the character referred to the elements of which may be readily assembled together for use and again dismantled or taken apart and packed in small space for shipment or transportation.

The above and additional objects are attained by means substantially such as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is an inside View of an ordinary window-frame having my improvements embodied in connection therewith, portions of the window shade and curtain being broken away for clearer illustration. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in perspective of my improved window-shade fixture as applied to the opposite vertical members of an ordinary windowframe, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof broken away at one end and showing very clearly the expansible means by which the supporting-brackets for the structure are secured in place between opposite members of the window-frame.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated that in the form of my improvements herein shown I employ duplicate hangers of special construction, combined with portions of which are adjustable slides, rigid with which are brackets to which are secured the outer extremities of a specially-constructed expansible device for the brackets, and while I have herein represented my improvements in a certain preferred embodiment it will be understood, of course, that I am not limited thereto in precise detail, since immaterial changes therein may be resorted to coming within the scope of my invention.

Reference being bad to the accompanying drawings by the designating characters thereon, 1 and 2 represent the oppositely-disposed vertical side members of an ordinary windowframe, and 3 and 4 represent duplicate hangers, each constructed at the upper end thereof with a socket 5 and at its lower end with an inwardly-extending member 6, the latter having movably supported thereon a slide 7, which may be secured in any desired position upon the said member by means of a set-screw 8. Rigidly secured to the inner face of each of the slides 7 and parallel therewith is the inner arm 9 of a bracket 10, the right-angled arm 11 of which extends inwardly alongside the inner face 12 of the corresponding side member of the window-frame, as shown. Secured at 13 to the inner face of the right-angled arm 11 of one of the said brackets 10- say the one located adjacent to the vertical side member 2 of the window-frameis the parallel bent portion 14 of the outer extremity of a horizontal solid rod 15, the inner extremity of which is received Within a hollow or tubular rod 16 in such manner as that the two said rods have extensible relation to each other, it being explained that the outer extremity of the said hollow tubular rod 16 is bent to form a right-angled portion 17 (corresponding to the right-angled portion 14 at the outer end of the solid rod 15,) which is secured in like manner to the inner face of the right-angled arm of the adjacent or corresponding bracket 10. The said rods 15 and 16 constitute an expansible device for the brackets 10, the rod 15 being provided a suitable distance from the inner extremity thereof with a short sleeve 18, normally secured in place by a set-screw l9, and the said rod 16 being also provided a IIO suitable distance from its inner extremity with an enlargement or sleeve 20 rigid therewith. (See more especially Fig. 3.) Pivoted at 21 to the said sleeve 18 is the inner end of an op erating hand-lever 22, having movably connected therewith at 23 one end of a link 24, the other end of which is movably connected at 25 With the said mentioned enlargement or sleeve 20 on the hollow rod 16, it being observed that the free end of the operating hand-lever 22 is curved downwardly and inwardly in such manner as to be carried beneath the hollow rod 16 whenever the lever is carried inwardly or in the direction of the expansible device for the purpose of forcing the outer faces of the right-angled arms 11 tightly against the adjacent inner faces of the hereinbefore-mentioned vertical upright members 1 and 2 of the window-frame. It is by this mode of application of the structure to the Window-frame that my improved windowshade fixture is securely held in the desired position without other fastening or support, and thus it will be seen that no part of the surface of the vertical mem hers of the windowframe will become seriously marred or mutilated in consequence thereof.

It will of course be understood that in adapting the structure to fit between window-frame members of greater or less distance apart at the time of application of the structure it is of course necessary to loosen the set-screw 19 for the sleeve 18, and then after the arms 11 of the two brackets are caused to abut against the inner face of the vertical side members of the window-frame the said set-screw 19 is then tightened, whereupon the operating hand-lever 22 is carried inwardly in a manner already described. The construction and organization of the parts are such that when the said operating hand-lever is carried inwardly to its full limit the inner end of the link 24 will have been swung over the central line passing through the two rods 15 and 16, thus serving as an effective lock to hold the structure rigidly in the desired position thereof.

If desired, (and which is usually preferred,) the sockets 5 of the hangers 3 and 4 may have fitted within the upper ends thereof the vertical portions 26 of outwardly-extending members 27 projecting from which forwardly are the horizontal arms 28, terminating at the free extremities thereof with the curved supports 29 for the ends of an ordinary curtain rod or pole 29", it being apparent that in the event the use of the curtain rod or pole is not desired the appliances just described may be removed or detached from the said sockets 5 Without in any manner requiring any alteration in the organization of the elements or parts of which the remaining structure is made up.

It will be seen that no screws or rivets are employed to support the structure within the window-frame, and it will be understood that I the means for expanding or extending the rods 15and 16 with reference to each other are exceedingly simple and effective for such purpose. To disengage the structure from its support between the vertical members of the window-frame, it is simply necessary to grasp the free end of the operating-lever 22 and draw outwardly upon the same, thus causing the rod 15 to telescope within the rod 16, and thereby release the frictional engagement of the right-angled arms 11 ofthe brackets 10 with thecorrespond ing surface portions of the said vertical members of the window-frame against which they were held.

Secured at 30 to the outer faces of the brackets 3 and 4 are the outwardly-projecting supports 31 and 32, within which may be placed the ends of the roller 33 for the shade 33, said supports bearing such relation to the supports 29 for the curtain rod or pole as may be found desirable in practice.

After the structure is fastened in position the supports 31 and 32 for the shade-roller may be adjusted nearer together or farther apart in conformity with shade-rollers of different lengths by loosening the set-screws 8 of the slides 7 and moving the brackets 3 and 4: accordingly, as will be understood, and then 1 thereby, an extensible device connecting the brackets constructed of telescoping members, a sleeve and a set-screw for securing the same to one of the members, an operating-lever pivoted to the sleeve, and a link movably connecting the lever with the other of said members.

2. A window-shade fixture comprising duplicate hangers, duplicate brackets supported thereby, an extensible device connecting the brackets constructed of telescoping members, a sleeve and a set-screw for securing the same to one of'the members, an operating-lever pivoted to the sleeve, and a link movably connecting the lever with the other of said members, the free end of said lever being bent to be carried beneath one of the telescoping members in the locked position of the latter.

3. A window-shade fixture comprising duplicate hangers having inwardly-extending portions, duplicate slides on said portions having set-screws, duplicate brackets rigid with the slides, an extensible device between the brackets constructed of telescoping members, a sleeve, and a set-screw for securing the same to one of said members, and means for locking the members of this device in the desired adjusted relations thereof to each other, embodying a swinging lever pivoted to the sleeve, anda link movably connecting the lever with the other of said members, the free end of said lever being bent to be lIC the lever With the other of said members, the free end of said lever being bent to be carried beneath one of the telescoping members in the locked position of the latter, said hangers being provided With means for the support of a shade-roller.

In testimony WhereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE CANDIE VERGASON.

Witnesses:

G. W. DODGE, VIRGIE E. VVILLIAMs. 

